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Contents
1 Bats in the Anthropocene . . . 1 Christian C. Voigt and Tigga Kingston
Part I Bats in Anthropogenically Changed Landscapes
2 Urbanisation and Its Effects on Bats—A Global Meta-Analysis . . . . 13 Kirsten Jung and Caragh G. Threlfall
3 Bats and Roads . . . 35 John Altringham and Gerald Kerth
4 Responses of Tropical Bats to Habitat Fragmentation, Logging,
and Deforestation . . . 63 Christoph F.J. Meyer, Matthew J. Struebig and Michael R. Willig
5 Insectivorous Bats and Silviculture: Balancing Timber
Production and Bat Conservation . . . 105 Bradley Law, Kirsty J. Park and Michael J. Lacki
6 Bats in the Anthropogenic Matrix: Challenges and Opportunities for the Conservation of Chiroptera
and Their Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Landscapes . . . 151 Kimberly Williams-Guillén, Elissa Olimpi, Bea Maas,
Peter J. Taylor and Raphaël Arlettaz
7 Dark Matters: The Effects of Artificial Lighting on Bats . . . 187 E.G. Rowse, D. Lewanzik, E.L. Stone, S. Harris and G. Jones
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8 Bats and Water: Anthropogenic Alterations Threaten Global
Bat Populations . . . 215 Carmi Korine, Rick Adams, Danilo Russo,
Marina Fisher-Phelps and David Jacobs
Part II Emerging Disesases
9 White-Nose Syndrome in Bats . . . 245 Winifred F. Frick, Sébastien J. Puechmaille and Craig K.R. Willis
10 Zoonotic Viruses and Conservation of Bats . . . 263 Karin Schneeberger and Christian C. Voigt
Part III Human-Bat Conflicts
11 Impacts of Wind Energy Development on Bats:
A Global Perspective . . . 295 Edward B. Arnett, Erin F. Baerwald, Fiona Mathews,
Luisa Rodrigues, Armando Rodríguez-Durán, Jens Rydell, Rafael Villegas-Patraca and Christian C. Voigt
12 Exploitation of Bats for Bushmeat and Medicine . . . 325 Tammy Mildenstein, Iroro Tanshi and Paul A. Racey
13 The Conflict Between Pteropodid Bats and Fruit Growers:
Species, Legislation and Mitigation . . . 377 Sheema Abdul Aziz, Kevin J. Olival, Sara Bumrungsri,
Greg C. Richards and Paul A. Racey
14 Bats and Buildings: The Conservation of Synanthropic Bats . . . 427 Christian C. Voigt, Kendra L. Phelps, Luis F. Aguirre,
M. Corrie Schoeman, Juliet Vanitharani and Akbar Zubaid
15 Conservation Ecology of Cave Bats . . . 463 Neil M. Furey and Paul A. Racey
Part IV Conservation Approaches, Educational and Outreach Programs
16 The Roles of Taxonomy and Systematics in Bat Conservation . . . 503 Susan M. Tsang, Andrea L. Cirranello, Paul J.J. Bates
and Nancy B. Simmons
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17 Networking Networks for Global Bat Conservation . . . 539 Tigga Kingston, Luis Aguirre, Kyle Armstrong, Rob Mies,
Paul Racey, Bernal Rodríguez-Herrera and Dave Waldien 18 Cute, Creepy, or Crispy—How Values, Attitudes,
and Norms Shape Human Behavior Toward Bats . . . 571 Tigga Kingston
Index . . . 597
